Weather On Your Today Screen

[Brad Adrian]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.marsware.net/4436/index.html' target='_blank'>http://www.marsware.net/4436/index.html</a><br /><br /></div>I've seen a few different applications for delivering weather information to my Pocket PC, but MarsWare Technologies has an especially slick version, called <a href="http://www.marsware.net/4436/index.html">WeatherPanel</a>.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/adrian/weatherpanel.jpg" /><br /><br />All you have to do is enter your zip code into the application, and every time your device detects an Internet connection, WeatherPanel updates the information for your local area.<br /><br />Specific features are:<br /><br />• Displays current temperature<br />• Shows five day forecast<br />• Automatically downloads updated data when internet connection detected<br />• Forecasts automatically adjust to display only future dates<br />• Weather for up to four cities can be displayed<br />• Multi-threaded and optimized for speed and performance<br /><br />You can download a free trial version or buy the full version for only $7.99 from the <a href="http://www.marsware.net/4436/6955.html">MarsWare site</a>.<br /><br />But WAIT!! If you'd like to get an even better deal on this application (and at that price, about the only better deal you can get would be FREE), MarsWare is giving a free license to ten Pocket PC Thoughts readers! We'll randomly select the ten winners from the list of all entries.<br /><br />In order to get your name entered for this giveaway, all you have to do is post a response to this thread. In your response, include at least one reason why it would be useful for you to have up-to-date weather information on your Pocket PC.<br /><br />As always, there are a few extra rules:<br /><br />• You may enter only once.<br />• You must enter before 1:00am EST May 3, 2004.<br />• You may not question the selection of the winners.<br />• You may not whine.<br />• You may not make fun of Brad's eVEST (just thought I'd throw that one in)<br /><br />Good luck!

[Andrew]

Hi,
Something like this would be useful for me because I travel a lot around Europe. I live in Prague, but because of my job, I quite often have to go to places like Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam etc, and at the moment Im going on to the internet and doing the research manually so I know what clothes etc to pack. Something like this on my ipaq would be more than useful!

Andrew

[ubersoldat]

Hi all,

i've been looking for some time already about program like that, and this seems like a good choice right now. I travel a lot and i will really use it.

[ChristopherTD]

I am always being asked what the weather forecast is, and have to delve down into an AvantGo weather channel. Something on the today screen would be neat...

[jack in the box]

I've two choices to find out the weather, turn around and look out of the window or use my pocket PC to find out, no contest really :lol:

[juni]

Whish they would incorporate the weather icons they bought from me, but perhaps it is difficult to get transparencies working (I'm no programmer). :(

[Dylan]

I could use this program, I like to take a day off every now and then (on a whim), and always end up in bad weather, ruining both my day and my mood. Now I'll always know whether or not it's an off day or an office day :-)

[ojlittle]

Like many of the others I'm a frequent traveler. I have a house in Houston but spend the majority of my time in Paris, Frankfurt, & Moscow or somewhere in between. This would definitely help out.

[Stephen Beesley]

Why would this be useful to me?

My location info says it all - I am an Aussie but I live in Dublin. I love to know what the weather is like back home in sunny Perth - even when it torments me as the rain pours down here :D.

I also wish they had used Juni's icons. I haven't seen them, but going off the evidence of Juni's skins I suspect they are pretty impressive!

[jizmo]

Whine! Whine! Whine!

There, I blew it :roll:

/jizmo

[William]

Does it support Celcius opposed to Fahrenheit? Would be crucial for me.

[srbarts]

I live in the UK where the weather changes from hour to hour so this would be very handy. I would know whether I needed a scarf, umbrella or T-shirt or maybe all three!!!

[Lucutus]

Not just that I travel quite a bit through Europe and US for work and need the information for packing very small onboard-cases :)
... weather also is a topic in the kitchen at my workplace - also THE source of gossip, so it's good to trade up-to-date weather information with the latest gossip.

...and it really looks like the cleanest of all the weather apps I've come across so far :mrgreen:

...have I got one now??? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Stephen Beesley]

Does it support Celcius opposed to Fahrenheit? Would be crucial for me.

I just downloaded and installed the trial version and yes it does support both Fahrenheit and Celcius. This was pretty important to me as well. I can never get my head around temperatures in Fahrenheit - give me a good logical measurement system anyday...

Here in Ireland they just cannot make up their minds wether they are using Metric or Imperial measurements. For example the speed signs are all in MPH while distances are (mainly :D) in Kilometres.

[ma_franks]

Because I live (work) in an office without windows.

[ironguy]

It looks cool. I tried Journal Bar, but it seemed buggy to me. Also, my daughter is constantly asking me what the weather will be like.

[scmidlap]

:D I too travel a lot and this would be a big help.

[elziko]

I'd use it... always need to decide on kit before I travel on my motorcycle in the cold, damp UK.... would be good if you could click on a day to get much more detailed info even if it was just am HTML file that opened in PIE.

[h3seaking]

Because my wife nags me to paint the porch.

Higgy

[joeladams]

As the logistics manager for a company with multiple plants, in an industry that is vastly affected by the weather, I have to keep track of it.


Thanks,

-Joel

[Shagin099]

I am extremely busy with school and such, so i almost never get to watch any news at all, let alone catch the weather to figure out what i should be wearing that day! This would fix my issue of accidently wearing jeans and a sweater when its gonna be 75 ;)

-dan :)

[Elwiz]

Hi,

You made me register, finally... Well, I wanted to do it anyway. The app is ingenious, I have just installed it. It shows all the information I need. I was curious if it would support Poznan - the city I live in. It's in Poland. But it indeed does - all the information is presented on the screen and even though it does not show correct temperature information, the weather status icons still remain adequate. It even works with Dashboard. The only issue I have noticed is that it shows Mo (today) and then Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri and then again Thu instead of Sat... A bug?

Dominik.

[Mr. Resistor]

I live in the Silicon Valley, and the commute here sucks on a good day, and get's worse when the weather turns. Having up-to-date weather can give me some clue about what I can expect when driving into work, and more importantly, if I should leave early or stay late to miss the worst of it.

[PowerZ]

So I would no when to come in out of the rain. :D

[redwards12]

Count me in on the drawing....Better not pout, better not whine, better not cry, I'm telling you why....software may come to you :D

[Rikostan]

oooh I would love to have this app. I currently use Journalbar from OmniOne, but because of their shady business practices, I will no longer be getting updates for my product.
I commute 50 miles each way to work(To bad its not 50 miles to work and only 1 mile home eh?) and my commute takes me along the shores of one of the great lakes. The weather can turn pretty quickly, so it would be great to have updated weather at my fingertips.
Thanks for the chance to win!

[piperpilot]

I would like it so that I don't have to pester my husband every day about what the weather is supposed to be. He watches The Weather Channel all the time. I can't stand it, but I do like to know whether I have to wear a rain coat or not.

[Bajan Cherry]

I could use this program here in New Delhi. The weather changes a lot these days. It can be either warm, hot or very hot.

[mcrobin]

If I had this app then my 8 yr old son would stop hogging my ipaq to check the weather. He really like knowing about the weather and this would be great app for him.

[CR]

Well, since I stay locked in my dark, windowless room in front of my computer for hours on end, it would be nice to know what the weather is doing when I have to go from the building to my car every third day or so.

Also, Brad's vest is awesome.

[bystander]

This application would be excellent for those of us who must travel quite a bit.

It looks wonderful!

[rfischer]

I work in an office with no windows. :cry: Some days I go into work in the morning and it's sunny and warm. When I leave the office in the afternoon the weather has pulled a 180 on me, much to my surprise.

[Barak]

Program looks sharp! It would be useful to me as a father of a young toddler (15 months). I frequently ask my wife to watch for the weather on the news so we know how to dress him :lol:

This program would be helpful as my family does many outside activities.

[oguime]

After I stopped using TodayPlus I've been trying to help OmegaOne to get the Weather for São Paulo, Brazil, without success.

WeatherPanel works and could be the best way to know how the weather is outside the office on those busy and meetings filled days :wink:

[peterawest]

Since the IT world has lots of ups and downs as far as employment opportunities are concerned, my business is a two-fold business.

On the one hand I'm an IT Consultant, and on the other hand I'm a Window Cleaner. Thus the name: All About Windows!

So, for my Window Cleaning side of things, I'm very dependant on the weather, so I'm always checking to see what I'm facing for the next couple of days. This would make for a handy addition to my iPAQ.

[zoomie]

I'm a pilot, my wife assumes I always know the forcast. I do not. Next time she asks, I can say "check this out, and no that does not make you look fat".

[Empyrean]

I'm an avid motorcycle rider. In the spring, summer and fall all I do is cross-reference the weather information web sites to find out if it is a good day to ride. It would be nice to have this information on my PDA so that I could plan my next day to ride!

--AJ

[CTSLICK]

Living in the midwest US its always good to "keep an eye to the sky". Plus I'm a closet weather freak ;)

[Marcel_Proust]

As a physically weak and dedicated aesthete, I have developed an allergy to the rain, which my physicians tell me could kill me. During thunderstorms, I spend my days in a cork lined room with the Toshiba e800 my only companion. This program would not just be a frill, but a lifesaver, and you my friends would be performing a great act of kindness.

[newtojc]

I also travel a lot and weather on the today screen would be neat.

[joelw135]

I work for a company that produces computer shows, and it is extremely necessary to know the weather for the days we have a show. The weather has a huge impact on when and how the vendors move into a location. This program would be a great benefit to me.

[newtojc]

I also travel a lot and weather on the today screen would be neat.

[JLittle1]

Without having to go find it!

It would also be very cool to select a day and go to AccuWeather's Wireless page, or better yet the National Weather Service though I don't think they offer a mobile version.

[Altaman]

I have been looking for a good weather program that does not add extra "fluff" that you don't need! Weather Panel looks like just the ticket!

Alt

[lazerin]

I fly remote control aircrafts and the weather is really important to me to determine when I can fly. I'm also a uni student and I recently spent some cash to buy ADBWeather2002 for my ppc only to find out that it no longer works for international weather :(

[sumfunny]

I'm canadian eh! and its useful to know wether it is - 3 degrees today cause the weather out here is insane eh! and yesterday it could have been plus 18 degrees.

[estell]

The display of weather info in this format would be a cool thing to have on my Axim, plus it's a lot faster to access than firing up AvantGo....

[mlizardi]

This program would be a lot easier than trying to get a regularly updated version of the local Weather Channel forecast into an WMV file and onto my iPaq. Looks great. Off to download the trial...

[TzviYosef]

This would be a great program to have. It is like having your own weather channel in your pocket.

[Mojo Jojo]

I think this is a nifty thing. Would love to win a copy.

For a reason, well I am totally forgetful with things. So usually I forget to pay attention during the news when I am home. Every time I do NEED to find out about the weather (planning when to mow, wash the car, go to the movies, take over parts of the world) I never could find out.

Having something like this quickly and easy viewable on my pocket pc would be great! Now back to the to-do list, anyone know where to buy a thermal nuclear hand grenade?

[pocketpcthemes.com]

This app would be very helpful in planning my sick days at work :wink:

[rdrose61]

I supervise insurance claim reps who are dependent on the weather for their inspections. I have to stay on top of weather forcasts to assist in their assignments. This app would help.

[bikeman]

This would be useful in my own personal "Battle of the Bulge." I am exercising (indoors) and riding my bicycle (outdoors). This neat app would help me schedule workouts to maximize results and minimize getting rained on! :D

[bblock]

Being a motorbiker, the weather is generally relevant to one's daily commute - it's handy knowing what's coming.

[cuteseal]

In Melbourne, Australia, when it can be 4 seasons in a day, I need to find out which season I'm waking up to :D

[razor]

I live in Colorado, no-one can predict the weather here, so why not have graphical proof of the latest guess close at hand to debate with close friends and business associates?

[TechEdd]

I don't have a reason to have a product like this other than to have it. Cool app. 8)

He who dies whith the most toys wins....

[guilmon]

This product would be useful for me since I have to travel approx. 20 miles every day to work and back, so knowing how conditions are going to fare as soon as possible would allow me to more accordingly plan for the daily commute.

(In.)

[Kacey Green]

Hi, this program would be great for me because I often ride my bicycle eight miles to school and eight miles back, seeing the weather at a glance and knowing wether or not it will rain or severe wether would be great. Because one wouln't want to get caught on a metal bike in a thunderstorm with an iPAQ in one's pocket. People also often ask me for the weather because they know that avango has accuweather, but that takes way too long when you need to be able to glance and go.

[Jimmy Dodd]

I'd love to have the outlook on my pda, I rarely have access to the weather forecast when I need it. Of course, living in TN it usually isn't very accurate beyond two or three days, but still... :roll:

[garrans]

Why do I need this software ? In a word: Denver !!! For those who have been to or lived in the Mile High City knowing the updated weather is important. For all those who say they live in a place where if you don't like the weather wait a minute, you ain't seen nothing till you've lived in Denver.

Case in point:

Thursday: 50 something, Rain turning to snow
Friday: 8 inches of snow (at my house), Afternoon: Sunny & 50
Saturday: Mid 70's (sunny & beautiful)
Sat Night: Snow (1/2 inch)
Sunday: Low 60's Sunny

Whats a guy to do ! Get MarsWare Technologies "WeatherPanel"

There was this one day where it went from 90F to Snowing in 3 hours but that's another story

[Darius Wey]

Ooooooohhh...weather updates huh? Why do I need WeatherPanel on my PPC?

Well,
Everday
At first light, I
Think about
How hot it will be!
Enjoying those
Rays of light that
Perforate my
Aussie skin...it
Now it makes me wonder whether these,
Endless rays of
Light that

Fry my unprotected skin, will soon make me
Regret the
Ongoing development of
Melanomas.

Mum tells me:
Avoid the "SUN!"
Remember to put on your
Sunscreen!
Who needs sunscreen? When...
All I need is a
Reasonable piece of software to tell me:
Enjoy the outdoors...don't listen to your mum...cos there aint gonna be no sun today!

OK, that was probably the most random thing I have ever thought of. 8)

[sooby77]

Would this be any better than Battery Pack's weather? I often find Battery Pack's weather to be full of typos on occasions! :)

[Kacey Green]

(To bad its not 50 miles to work and only 1 mile home eh?)
Too bad it's not 4 mi to work and 1000 yards home eh?

[ale_ers]

I had Journal Bar, but found myself only looking at the weather part of it with any regularity. I have since lost that program (spontanious Hard Reset) and I am looking for something a little different.

This seems to fit the bill nicely! I travel and am always checking the weather in my customers area.

[jblanken64]

I need it because my wife is a weather junkie and this will help me stay ahead of her. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[jlp]

As I need to program my working days outside or inside and having a d+5 forecast displayed in one place is very useful to me.


Here's a constructive opinion: since the trial is already limited to 14 days usage and stops working afterwards, why then criple the functionalities? (quote: "Trial Version Limitations: Only one city will be displayed. Forecast Lows will displayed as 0.")

I think this makes it harder to fully grasp the total possibilities of the program. The time limitation is enough in itself.

[lurch]

I love today screen weather apps!

They're perfect for me, because I work for a Gov't contractor, and we're in a building that takes about 20 minutes to walk around the inside of the building, and it has no windows!!!! So I never ever know what the weather is like outside, until my wife calls and says it's beautiful out, or it's pouring out. The only windows are in the senior VP-type office area.

So I need this app until I get promoted, uh, 5 times? So pretty much I really need this program. :)

[pjtrader]

Anyone who has a cubicle on the other side of the office from the windows needs to know what the weather is.

I keep my PCC docked during the day, listening to music and such. I COULD use my desktop to look up the weather or even run Weatherbug in my task bar, but why should I?

This is perfect. me? me? Me?

Cheers,
Pam

[felixdd]

I need the program so I can keep on top of the weather while stuck in lecture halls all day at school.

[aximite]

This would be useful to me as I'm the one who dresses my daughter for school in the mornings. Seeing the weather without actually having to turn on the desktop would likely prevent further situtations where I come home at the end of the day to my wife asking me "why did you dress her in THAT?"

:wink:

[lmbranco]

It sure looks as one of the best i have seen.
Lets just hope that it makes up for the expectations.

[simon.brown]

• I am entering only once.
• I am entering before 1:00am EST May 3, 2004.
• I will not question the selection of the winners.
• I certainly won't whine.
• I just need to know if I need to borrow Brad's eVEST

[Colorado]

For a variety reasons, I ride my bike whenever possible back and forth to work and for most errands, and it makes a big difference to me what the weather will be like. It would be great to have that info on my trusty iPaq.

I rode throughout this past, bitterly cold winter here in Boston. I think the coldest day I rode was around -10 F. and that's without windchill. Brrrr. People thought I was nuts, but it really isn't too bad once you get going, you just have to watch out for patches of ice.

:D

[jake080]

I want it cuz weather is important, and I should have a new device for it soon!

[miterb]

Application should go well with my wireless Toshiba

[cklaszlo]

I'm on the road a lot and this looks like an easy tool to get current weather for various zip codes.

[jtolentino]

Bumpity Bump... What cool program.

Jim

[kalivoodoo]

I do a lot of work that requires me to travel quite a bit in the bay area (sometimes from Santa Rosa to Los Gatos) and something like this would be a big help for me.

[chunkymonkey75]

I used a trial version of Journal Bar, but found that it was way more than what I really wanted. All I wanted was the weather report. This looks like exactly what I'm looking for! I'll find it useful for th time I spend on the road.

[silentmuse]

I sure could use the software this week, being on the road and wanting to know whether or not I should be pulling out the motorbike.... :)

Paul

[GBlyth]

this app would be great! I would not have to sit through 30mins of Apprentice hype before getting the weather on the Today show.

[Kevin Meyer]

This app would be so helpful. With it I would no longer have to face the daily embarrassment of my umbrella hat. (Just in case the weather turns sour :roll: )

[Zack Mahdavi]

This program looks nice! I currently own Journal Bar solely for the weather information.

The reason why I like having a weather application on my today screen is because I'm a college student. I walk around outside every day, so I have to always know what the weather's like, or I can be majorly in a grind. :)

[Birdman]

Sure would like to try out this software. Does it work for Canadian cities?

[blazingwolf]

Would like to have this program.

[duncanhbrown]

I'm always interested in what the temperature will be for the next 3-4 days, plus rain/no rain/clouds etc. This looks like a useful application to save me the trouble of going onto the Internet on my desktop PC to see what's coming.

[ludzh]

I would like to have a copy of WeatherPanel because I'm unemployed and I don't have much else to do right now aside from worrying about the weather here in Minnesota! :lol:
--Heather

[redifrogger]

I too would like to have this program. I currently use Journal Bar, it every so often it seems to hang and not update, so maybe this one would be more consistent :)

[Jerry Raia]

I'm a pilot, right now i use mobimate for this but this looks better.

[alienplantlife]

I live on the front range of Colorado. I wouldn't want to be a weather forecaster around here... better anything that helps me decide between shorts and t-shirt versus my parka on any given day would sure be helpful!

[pparry]

This would be much quicker than the steps I currently follow to get updated weather info. 1. Turn on bluetooth on 2200. 2. Turn on bluetooth on T608. 3. Establish a bluetooth connection. 4. Wait. 5. Start pocket explorer. 6. Wait. 6. Log onto Weather Channel site. 7. Wait. 8. Enter zipcode info. 9. Wait. 10. Get weather forecast.

[dlangton]

This apps looks ok, but I prefer ADBWeather ( http://www.happyjackroad.com/AtomicDB/pocketpc/weather/weather.asp ). It's cheaper and provides more info.

[zcmc1066]

I would like a shot at this It looks nice

[Zidane]

This looks like a cool program. Count me in, too.

[MLO]

I live in Chicago, a city in which if you don't like the weather, wait a minute. I've experienced days in which the temperature has gone from 65 and humid at 8:00am to 35 and snowing by 5:00pm.

I'm also a LAN admin for a medium sized company with branches scattered throughout the Chicago area. Since I don't have a car, most of my travel is done by bus, el or foot. I don't have the luxury of zipping home to pick up a needed coat (or short sleeved shirt) in case of a sudden temperature change so it is essential that I know the weather ahead of time so that I can anticipate what to take with me.

MLO

[PPCRules]

... post a response to this thread. In your response, include at least one reason why it would be useful for you to have up-to-date weather information on your Pocket PC.

1) I still use AvantGo, and appreciate it a lot. The first thing I do after an update is access the weather forcasts and radar images, so weather information is an important part of my PocketPC usage. This would be a good supplement to the Avantgo weather reports.
2) I can quickly determine if I'll need an umbrella Friday.
3) Free stuff makes me feel good.

[wesley762]

would make planing outdoor activities alot easer. when not working usually playing out side with the family.

[PPCRules]

This apps looks ok, but I prefer ADBWeather ( http://www.happyjackroad.com/AtomicDB/pocketpc/weather/weather.asp ). It's cheaper and provides more info.
So, are you in the running or not? :lol:

[KevinK]

I actually think this would be a very helpful tool to have around, and would be especially useful when away from home and need to plan things for later in the week. I'll be downloading the trial for a try anyway!

[Kash76]

Count me in! I need to know the weather for the upcoming weekend at the lake :)

[pewter_tankard]

Looks like a jolly nice application. If I won the prize, I'd use it to find out what the weather was going to be in the next few days (sorry... was there supposed to be another reason?). If the weather was inclement I'd be envious of Brad in his nice Scott eVest (there... I think I've met the requisite conditions).

[JamesH5100]

I currently use Journal Bar for weather and I was looking for something to replace it. This looks like the app to have!

[JackG]

It would be nice to see what i should wear, as i see my pocketpc before i ever open the shades.

[mv]

Oh, I´ll know when to carry an umbrella! :D

[robwoomer]

It will be helpful when I am sledding across the North Pole.

[dignow96]

I'm over in Kuwait shipping fuel products into Iraq in support of the US military's Operation RIO (Restore Iraqi Oil). Temperature differences affect the weather here dramitaclly in terms of sand storms and strong wind storms. Those make my job even more fun than it already is - especially when the trucks simply stop moving. With accurate weather info with me all the times (I have a GPRS connected HP2215) I can more accurately plan convoy movements and the weather's projected impact on them. Freedom, Democracy, and US Subsidized Gas! I mean come on - who's got a better reason that that?

[Perk]

This is just the sort of thing that makes that quick glance at your PDA even more effective. Since moving to Denver, I've learned to watch the weather more. We had a few days of snow over the weekend and it will be sunny and in the upper 70s today. Tomorrow, high winds and the next day rain! :?

Suggestion: Reduce the height of the pictures or have different sizes for those with large schedules.

Nice work just the same.

:mrgreen:

Mike

[AndyEich]

because my wife makes me look up the weather on the laptop every night

[SoAlive]

I could use this product because--on occasion--I've been known to go outside.

Looks great!

[pocketdoc]

I have used Journal Bar for a while, but it can be buggy.

I love having the weather forecast availbale to review in my pocket.

(PICK ME)

[Guardian]

I work for a three letter organization ending with _IA in a windowless building behind locked valut doors. I rarely go outside during the day. It would be nice to see at least an icon of a sunny day!

[dennypoosci]

Cool, Just what I was looking for :D

[JackTheTripper]

This app would be sweat! Well, living in the SF bay area there are all kinds of micro climants. With the ability to program in up to 4 cities I could pop in my home (San Jose), where I work which is about 25 miles away (Redwood City), where my wife and I spend most of our summer weekends (Santa Cruz Beach) and where all our friends have moved (San Francisco).

This is great because it can be 80 and sunny in San Jose, Rainging in RWC, 70 and cloudy in San Francisco and 60 and windy in Santa Cruz.

[JonnoB]

It would be nice to have this application. I travel over a hill every day to work and the weather is vastly different between my home and work. It would be nice to be able to see the impending weather forecast.

[zamus68]

Well for me it's easy, I love riding with the top down in my SS. Currently it's more guessing using my watch with a Barometer and trending function. So it would be great to glance at my pocketpc and instantly know if the sun gets to come in.

[kevhead]

Used to use TodaysPlus...

[dma1965]

If I can't make fun of Brad's evest, it ain't worth it! :devilboy:

[jkendrick]

I almost drowned in a flash flood once and a program like this could save my life. :D

Anybody know how it displays in VGA?

[Perry Reed]

I'm a severe weather junkie. During the summer months here in Florida we get plenty of thunderstorms and the occasional tornado or water spout over Tampa Bay. Having up to date weather info would help me find the best places to be with my Jornada camera add-on card and my "real" digital camera to get some cool photos.

[muaddip]

Ah finally, something similiar to JournalBar, but without all the News and such. This may just find a permanent home on my today screen.

I do a fair amount of traveling around the country, so it would be nice to be able to plan for the weather where I am going.

[garypetro]

since I do alot of biking during the more temperate weather, it would be great to know what the weather is going to be like in the near future in order to plan my week out more efficiently.

[gorkon280]

I am a bus rider an UTTM (Up To The Minute) Weather forecasts are essential! Especialy in the morning so you know whether to get your coat or umbrella or not!

I use Journal Bar now. I only use it for weather though and if this can work better then Journal Bar, I may switch. Right now I really wish I had a weather app that can snag warnings as well for the PPC. Will be very hand to have if I get a XDAII or some other PPCPE and Unlimited GPRS from T-Mobile! :D

[karinatwork]

I'd like to be included in the draw because then I'll know what to make my two-year-old wear in the morning.

Plus, ok, I admit it: I like it when the forecast says RAIN. :D

[caddyg]

Now that is something I have been looking for a long time!!! Will try now!

[Guardian]

Loaded the trial version but it does not appear to work through a proxy server.

[gorkon280]

oooh I would love to have this app. I currently use Journalbar from OmniOne, but because of their shady business practices, I will no longer be getting updates for my product.


Shady business practices?? What practices are you talking about? I stilll download updates for Journal Bar over a year after buying it and installed on a different device then when I first purchased it,. Sure, you can buy the add on and get enhancements (more then 2 cities) but what did they do wrong??

[joelevi]

I spend the majority of my time either at work (no windows), at school (no windows), or asleep... Since I have my iPaq with me virtually all the time, a glance at the today screen could save me from a nasty sunburn, wind-blown hair, or caught without an umbrella...

Isn't technology great?

[WyattEarp]

I'd like a shot at this. I just like to know the weather before I go to work without always having to turn on the TV or radio and wakeup everyone else in the house. Plus there's no commercials or 10 min waits (1010 WINS) for the next forcast because I just missed the last one.

[mhskateboarder]

wow, that's a lot of replies. Did anyone here ever use TodayPlus? It was a beta program that was just perfect in so many ways. It had weather, an app launcher, calendar, RSS news feeds and so much more. Too bad the owner of the program let the beta's expire without notice and took down the forums where the program was located. The only thing I really used it for was the weather. I'm a weather freak. I've got The Weather Channel's desktop weather running on every computer I own/use.

Planning ahead for skateboard trips and contests mostly depends on the weather. It's one of the things I must do in order to make my school and skateboarding schedules mesh. I've been doing this pretty much ever since I started skateboarding 7 years ago. It would be awesome to be able to hit up the wireless connection here at school on my way to class and see what the weather is going to be for the next week or so. Plus all of my friends know I pretty much check the weather 24/7 so they'll even call me up to ask waht the weather will be for whatever day. It's annoying sometimes but I gotta be useful in some way :)

I'd rather not spend any more money on programs (although it's very tempting) since I'm a college student. Hopefully I won't have to make an exception hint hint :wink:

[goaliemn]

I'm a pilot. It would be handy having the basic forcast for the next few days always with me. I love taking quick little trips and this would come in handy for that.

[wm5051]

I commute 40 miles a day from San Francisco to Livermore and as anyone can tell you the weather can change dramaticly between the two cities. Having weather on my TODAY screen would make clothing decisions a lot easier.

[Dermot81]

So the girls don't laugh at me when I walk onto campus wearing shorts in the middle of a thunderstorm :/

I need this!

[Icebaron]

I ride a motorcycle to class pretty often, and it would sure be nice to know whether it's going to rain - not because I don't want to get wet, but because the rain might soak through my pants pocket and get my precious 2215 wet :lol:

oh, and Brad's evest is dorky :D

[CAD-Monkey]

I travel between several cities on a weekly basis and it sure would be handy to know what to pack. Not to mention getting the kids ready in the morning. Nothings worse than waiting for the weather guys turn on the morning news.

[xdalaw]

I am a weather nut! I think having weather on my today screen is almost essential for a PPC user. :D

[Jeff Song]

This program would be useful for me because I walk to class everyday at my university and its a 20min walk-it would be nice to know that its only 40 degrees outside so I can bring my jacket, or my umbrella if its going to rain. It looks like a good program to have :)

Thanks!

Jeff

[David Johnston]

mememeahhhhh

This'd make days much easier for me - I'll be able to prepare for the weather before it comes, instead of wasting many many thousands of pennies each year on potions, sacrifices to the Devil and sorcery to control the weather to suit the clothes I picked out randomly from a cursed tombola I picked up at the circus.

Also it looks cool.

[nosmohtac]

I've tried other today screen weather plug-ins, and always ended up removing them. I either didn't like all the extras they displayed, or they didn't automatically update, and I would be looking at old info. This program looks excellent, and doesn't appear to be bloated with other useless (to me) features or high price. I would love to own a copy, and If I don't win I'll most likely buy it anyway.

Thanks for another great giveaway,

[BitBandit]

I travel a great deal and being able to quickly look at a forecast for my destination let's me know exactly what to pack for the trip.

[mmidgley]

I rarely see news on TV or read a newspaper, so I am often only using my best guess on weather. This application would fix that, especially since I now have a wireless network at home.

m.

[BogdanK]

Those icons just speak to me.
How is that for a reason

Ok - I win ?
:-)

[PPCMD]

To put it simply I had to remove Journal Bar from my Samsung I700 PPCPE2002 device due to memory leaks and constant attempts to connect and update even though this feature was turned off. So simply put I need a better, and more stable weather only app and this is it.

[ryanmjones]

I could tell if it was going to be hot in Tucson, or anywhere else I was planning on waking up.

[cjhp]

My office is without any windows and it would be nice to just take a look at my today screen to see what the weather is like outside.

[Fish]

Wow, this is a cool little app. Personally, I could really use such a piece of software. It would allow me to more effectively plan which days in the upcoming week I'm going to sneak out of work early and go boating!

[bandersnatch]

I live in Seattle so I'm constant, well, fear of the weather. Knowing at a glance when I could plan on getting out of the house would be a huge blessing! I don't get the paper, and so I have to go out of my way to find the weather.

[nanurse]

Okay,

I had to stop reading at the 7th page. Amazing how many are willing to post for 8 dollars, we obviously all have too much free time.

My reasoning is simple. Try going to Handango or Pocket Gear and finding a simple weather program. News flash, you ain't gonna find it. Journal Bar is the closest, but it causes way to many sync issues with my XDA II. When you travel a lot you need a weather program so you can pack appropriately, haven't we all landed at Washington Reagan sand coat and it's 40 degrees outside?

I've downloaded the trial version and and it does seem to answer the mail for a simple weather program. I assume the second Thursday is in fact supposed to be Saturday. Also, they may want to consider adding a feature that prevents the unit from updating the weather over the GPRS line for those of us with Pocket PC phones.

[jeffmd]

neato. I've allways wanted a weather bar on my ppc that didn't require me to synch for it to update. My pc actually crashes activesynch now when I synch. ^^

[BTS]

I have an e750 that flawlessly connects to my internet connection. I am an info junkie and need to know the 5 day forecast so that I can plan my mood! :devilboy:

[davin1378]

Wow getting crowded here, isn't it?

Ok - to be honest, I guess my reason for wanting this program is the same as everyone else. I travel a lot in my car - to and from different courts that no other attoney will go to because I am the new kid - and I would love a program that will give me the infor as soon as i power up.

[T-Will]

When someone asks how the weather is going to be in the week ahead, it would be nice to be able to pull out my Pocket PC and get the latest weather info.

[MacBriar]

Living in the Emerald Isle it would be nice to know when exactly to nip out between rain showers begorrah !

MacBriar :boohoo:

[Sunnyone]

Me me me me me! I'd love this.

[noel_foster]

I live in Edmonton, and spend a lot of time traveling on the highway. Knowing what the weather is to be would make scheduling trips much easier. And Edmonton is available to view!

[binstpa]

I have never won anything in my life and this would be a treat for finishing my first year of law school. I had today plus but since that is gone I need a weather program.

I am going to have time to travel around the state with my wife (who hasn't seen me for a couple of months since I am buried in legal books I would like to know what the weather is. Also, hobnobbing with partners over the summer would give me a great opportunity to show off my ipaq and let them see your cool weather program.[/u]

[Horus]

Count me in!

[sublime]

My reason: because I have been cursed by the weather gods. Whenever I look out of my window, the weather is nice and inviting (a little too inviting). I dress appropriately to go outside and, as soon as I am a modest distance away from my house, the weather gods smite me with their rain. This product can be my defence against them, for they must succumb to its incredible powers!

[islandsnow]

i think this is a really great program! it would be useful for me to have up to date weather information because i travel on business a lot. and coming from hawaii, i definately want to know, need to know weathers of the cities i am travelling to! and also to keep track of weather back home :)

[carbonbased]

I'm in Holland and people who know what the weather can be like here know that we Dutch folks really need to keep track of those sunny days as there are not very many of them!

[mm]

another reason for having weather on the Today screen.....
---to make plans to be outside instead of reading PPCT forum!

and to be able to use the weather info because Journal Bar is so buggy!

[davea]

I need this app on my PPC to keep me dry out on the golf course.

[Wiggin]

This is perfect! Now, with one glance, I can:
1) See my schedule for the day
2) See the weather for the day
3) Decide if I am feeling sick and need to time to recover ... [golf is much better than aspirin, btw 8)]

[normaldude]

Looks like a great application.

I want one :)

[Iznot Gold]

Yes please, I want free stuff!

[ctmagnus]

The TV screen is SO BIG. The windows are SO BIG. The sky is SO BIG. My Pocket PC's screen is a much more bearable size to look at.

[capo]

small and simple. perfect!

[wizardmaster2k]

ill take a copy :) i like weather.... and i am cheap (the jew in me)

[baker]

I work for a utility and wind, lightning and ice do not mean good things for me. I also need to paint my house. It would be good to see what's coming.

[rcobourn]

Living in Phoenix, I could go for the discount version that only includes the "Hot and Sunny" icon.

8)

[KevinMilesCmh]

Its really is a cool little program. I downloaded and installed in seconds. It looks really good on my hitachi G1000. I would like to have it so I can keep an on the weather. Would be very useful if it could report sevear weather in an area. But nonetheless nice to see what to expect before you head out for the day or if you forgot to roll the windows up in your truck. :roll:

[naquada]

looks good but man i need a new ipaq... This Could Tip my 3640 over the edge.. how ever it cuts down on having to carry the umbrella 24/7 (i live in england)... and it looks so cool...

[devhen]

Why would it be useful?... Come on. Thats a given... :D It would be particularly useful when traveling, for me.

[rlee]

The trial version looks good. It doesn't seem to take up much resource. This program is excellent for those who don't need all the functions in Journal Bar. I just wish the icons would look a bit better, and the panel is more compact.

[hindencm]

This program would be usefull in determining what clothes I should wear for the day in the morning.

[Flaviano]

It will be more usefull, so I can answer every time my parents ask me for the weather for the next days
:iamwithstupid:

Thanks
Flaviano

[Unwired]

Being in Hawaii, all the weather I get is sunny, sunny, sunny, sunny!

So it's good to have this program, and plug in a different zip code, and find out how's the weather in YOUR neck of the woods...

Plus, as oppose to everyone else that travels alot, I don't. That means I really don't know what happening out there.

A program like this, would at least let me know how's the weather outside my little island... :(

[Tom W.M.]

Uh... well... I guess that I have no use for this, but I just can't not (yeah, a double negative) contribute to a thread this large. :)

I know! My father could use it! He'd be able to tell whether the weather ( :wink: ) means that he needs his umbrella! (Okay, the pun police can smack me now.)

[mmurdock]

Because I drive a Jeep and I want to know what type of fun I'm going to have during the week!!

[Jorlin]

This tool looks really nice. Hope it supports a city nerby my place...

[clarkth]

I use PDAAgent now for weather updates (along with stock qoutes), but I have to pull the information. This would be great! Also, I travel a bit with my job, so I can change the zip code and get a quick update on the weather where I'm going.

[robertgbl]

Don't want to get my feet wet.

[szamot]

There was an app like this a while back, it was free and you could customize the icons, I wonder if this is a commercial version of the same, I must go digging.

[GadgetMan]

I would love to get this app since I do not have to lift my finger to get the weather report! It does it all automatically and I do not even have to open any PPC application to see it!

Gimme Gimme Gimme :D

[mclemore]

Why do I need to know the weather?

I teach Astronomy and help operate an observatory. I'm always checking the weather to find out whether we'll see anything at night.

Also, I have been using Journal Bar, which has way too many features when all I want is the weather. I noticed it also slowed my Pocket PC WAY down. Any news about slow downs due to this plug in?

TTFN

Doug McLemore

[lowair]

Hmmm, should I go to work today or just go fishing!?

Well, let me check. AHA! Just as I suspected! A good day for fishing!

:lol:

[KenClunk]

I live in Cleveland.... which means right now on April 27th it is snowing. Yeah thats right snow at the end of April. Yesterdays high temp was 67 and today is 38. By the 30th it will be 80.

Cleveland weather is just about as random as it can get. Having this app would make sure that I don't freeze in the middle of April. Please please please give it tio me!!

[mrkablooey]

I would LOVE a copy of this title. :)

[Sully]

i work outside and check the forecast frequently.

[walrus]

I would like weather on my today screen so that I know when I can plan on launching rockets. 0X

[dodette]

I would love to toss Journal Bar. This one looks neat and small. And well-behaved!

[Creation]

Having it right there on the Today screen is so much more convenient and easy. Cool!

[JGRicci]

Because i pretend to golf every damn day!

[Hugh Nano]

Why would this be useful to me? Hmm... Let's see. I would be able to figure out what I needed to wear each morning without actually going outside?

[dlinker]

My wife always asks me why my PocketPC can't tell me the weather - it tells me everything else

[Sven Johannsen]

I live in Colorado. Monday's weather report said high of 50 today, 60s tomorrow, Wednesday, high of 80, possible snow late afternoon. So you see, I need something to let me know I need to consider wearing my polar fleece swim trunks.

[ddavtian]

to replace Journal bar...

[mr_yellow]

I need this app cause i spend my job outdoors and always need to prepare for what might be coming up later in the day. Also, the area i'm in gets all 4 seasons so this app would be used 356 days of the year!

[bigkingfun]

I use Journal Bar, but only actually use it for the weather, so this is ideal for me. I tried the trial version and the biggest advantage it has over Journal Bar is it actually displays a full 5 day forecast. I'm in Canada and Journal Bar only gives a 2 day forecast for Canada.

I'll be buying this one if all goes well with the trial (unless I win it, of course :wink: ).

[omikron.sk]

Hmmmm, very nice. Finally, I can see one thing the other similar products miss,... NICE ICONS. The whole thing looks pretty good aranged as well.
BTW: They (MarsWare) have a very nice web-page, one of the nicest on the net, I think.

[staroip]

To replace WorldMate which has problem to auto update over GPRS.

[wilsojer]

Yet another way for me to demonstrate how awesome the PocketPC is !

That, and the fact that I'm British, and you know how we love talking about the weather !

[Paundskumm]

Yeah, I joined for the contests but I wonder if Hong Kong is available for weather updates... we got no postal codes

[msprague]

Here in West-Michigan I work 30 miles from home and having the weather at home handy even when at work would help me to not be so removed.

[draklava]

If I knew the weather I would know whether I should wear my scotty sport coat or scotty vest

[nirav28]

Cool now I can know the temperature before I step out the door and not get wet. I just keep forgetting to look out the window every morning.

Also, this app looks cool on my today screen.

[phillypocket]

Well, I was about to download the trial, but instead of limiting it, the crippled it. I don't know about the rest of you, but I like to evaluate the usefullness of a product. Not just the look. Not just if it crashes during installation. Why you would take a product that has a two week time limit and then cripple it by leaving out a third of the information it provides, is beyond me.

But I guess I need to win it, because unless the wise up, I'll never try it, much less buy it.

[kcwester]

The fact that you can use it for more than one city is great. A terrific way to keep track of your vacation destinations.

[psyfactor]

It would be great to know if I take my camera with me or not before going out (without opening the weather network website) :roll:

[Cleisthenes]

i would like to have it so i could better plan my landscape painting expeditions.

[Rob Alexander]

I use Journal Bar right now, but hate that I'm using up all that space for features I won't want or need. All I really want is a weather bar like this. I need it because I teach at a college where lots of our classes have outdoor activities (environmental studies), so I need to keep track of the upcoming weather.

[gandi]

Whee, that looks like a neat add-on to my today screen.

Why I think I deserve it?
Well, as someone who sits within the office the whole day it would be nice to at least know what it may look like outside... :|

[wigglesworth]

This is just a cool looking program :rock on dude!:

[robert_biggs]

I love having weather information on-screen. :) I work in a city 50 miles away from my home that is at a much lower altitude and has different weather patterns and temperature. It's nice to tell from a glance in the morning what weather to expect when I get to work.

[jamesbe2759]

:evil:

I downloaded the trial....works OK. I paid my money and waited 24+ hours for them to send me the full version and a registration key.
NOTHING, AND THEY WON'T ANSWER MY EMAIL.

Save yourself some grief and find another.

Jim

[tekkie]

I'm always on a time crunch. In the morning I sleep in as late as possible and try to get the weather from the TV as I'm getting ready for work. If it were on my PDA, I wouldn't have to worry, I could read it on my way to work instead of making sure I caught it before I left the house! Did I win? :D

[esasaki]

I just want to to give my co-workers with the fancy cars and plasma TV's a reason to be jealous. This is one of the slickest-looking Today screen apps I've seen! I'll be the envy of the rat maze! :D

[Richard76]

I am a frequent traveler in business, usually every other week. I find it difficult to know how to pack to keep my bags light. Even when I am not "out-of-town" I am generally on the road and use my Pocket PC extensively.

Up to now, I generally use my CF GSM card to go online and check the weather but this is a cumbersome process, not to mention using valuable and costly kb's. The slow connection and the fact that most weather services available online are not formatted for PDA's make this an arduous task.

As I normally sync my Pocket PC every day, having a program like this would make life so much simpler and my time more productive.

Richard

[oolabob]

I currently use Journal bar, but I will give this a try.
oolabob 0X

[ButchWalker]

Last year my family had our home destroyed by a tornado in Oklahoma on May 8. We are now in the middle of storm season again and weather in Oklahoma can be particularly dicey. In addition, my wife and I are out a lot in the evenings as missionaries raising support which leaves our two teenagers at home with their three younger siblings. Always having a recent weather outlook available would help us protect our children as we are out on the road.

[Handy]

Count me in!

[ScHaX]

I'm a student and my umbrella is just toooo heavy to carry around every day and I don't want my litterature to get wet :wink:

[TJMurphy]

Never won anything in my life (well, except for Michael Jackson concert tickets from an ATM) so I'd love to win.

Would be handy to tell what the weather forecast is going to be like too.

Thanks

[larrywms45]

Looks like a really cool addition. Count me in for a chance for a free copy.

[trunkguy]

Hi,
Something like this would be useful for me because I travel a lot around Europe. I live in Prague, but because of my job, I quite often have to go to places like Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam etc, and at the moment Im going on to the internet and doing the research manually so I know what clothes etc to pack. Something like this on my ipaq would be more than useful!

Andrew

I agree this is such a good idea and a evry useful tool.

[jkarp]

This software seems quite stable so far. More stable than Journal Bar. Anyone have any issues yet?

[budkearney]

This would be a killer app for me because, as a private pilot, after I moved to Seattle my flying time has been reduced dramatically due to the rain. With this I could know easily when the weather is going to turn better and reserve my plane before everyone else!

[davejulien]

This would be useful on the weekends when I'm away and not at my PC to check the weather. Would serve as a nice reminder of the temp each day.

[Martian]

:evil:

I downloaded the trial....works OK. I paid my money and waited 24+ hours for them to send me the full version and a registration key.
NOTHING, AND THEY WON'T ANSWER MY EMAIL.

Save yourself some grief and find another.

Jim

We are sorry for your experience, but the majority of our customers receive the software and key within one hour. Please also consider that this is a manual process so it may be delayed.

Our records indicate that we send you the full version + key on Thu 9:49 am, after having received your owner name sent on Thu 4/29/2004 8:51 AM.

We also sent a follow up email after we received another email from you claiming to not have received anythink.

Our best guess is that our emails are not getting through to you for some reason (perhaps some sort of spam filter ?).

In any case we have invalidated your code and sent you a full refund.

[Cybrid]

very cool, Ripper ( a fellow ppc'er) would go nuts over this. I'd be interested simply 'cause my retail food service job is weather dependent...
Can it forecast lottery numbers too? And does the forecast work in Canada? I mean can it use the Canadian postal codes?

[Cybrid]

very cool, Ripper ( a fellow ppc'er) would go nuts over this. I'd be interested simply 'cause my retail food service job is weather dependent...
Can it forecast lottery numbers too? And does the forecast work in Canada? I mean can it use the Canadian postal codes?

[Martian]

Can it forecast lottery numbers too?

we only wish :lol:


And does the forecast work in Canada? I mean can it use the Canadian postal codes?

The forecast does work in Canada, but you cannot use Canadia postal codes. It is however, very easy to search for, and add cities in Canada throught the configuration screens.

[tachishoben]

I am an avid surfer and I would use it to track the different weather patters in different areas for better/worse surf on any given day.

[sofrlowi]

Sounds like a great application - I live in New England! That's a reason in itself. ;)

[raweaver]

I work underground, without windows and it would be handy to know what the current weather is and the 5-day forecast (for kids future baseball, softball, soccer games).
Rich

[tomtra]

:D

I ride my motorcycle to work and check the weather every day. If it looks like rain or that rain is possible I leave the bike in the garage

[txprphan]

Choose Me!!! Choose Me!!! Choose Me!!! Choose Me!!! Choose Me!!! :D :D :D

[BRosenow]

The main reason I would like a wonderful program like this is . . .

I am a computer geek and work in a windowless dungeon! My PPCPE is my only connection to the outside world and having the weather displayed on the today screen would make me believe that, if even for a moment, there is a world, and living creatures, and WEATHER that I rarely have the opportunity to see - just the other side of the wall!

Well, back to work now . . .

[larrydj]

I'm a frequent traveller, so having the cities programmed in for my upcoming (or current) trip would be very handy. But even when I'm in the office, my business unit has locations in four other international locations. It'd be neat to have those already programmed in, so when someone from Geneva calls in I could say "I heard that it's expected to snow tonioght..."

Larry DesJardin

[makic]

Did you already select the winners? If not, would love the software as my wife is always nagging me about what the weather is going to be like so that she can dress our children appropriately. If I had this, I could just wip out my iPaq and give her appropriate dressing instructions for the week. :D

[jpjd51]

I am a weather junkie - this would be cool on my Tosh e805!!

[whitlock]

I would like this to fulfill my high-tech vanity (I want my today screen cool looking and useful!).

[dcinatl]

Interested in this program because I travel for work and fish for fun! Hope I win a copy because I am checking out the trial version now!

[cptndipshit]

Hi, I could use this program because I work in construction. I am in the concrete flatwork buisness and is is important to know if it is going to rain or not. Also temp and amount of sunlight will also determine how fast the concrete will set up.

Thanks

[preachertom]

I have had my Ipaq 4155 for only a month now. This is about the neatest thing I have put on it. I think this software is really slick!

[n2_space]

It would be useful to me being an astronomer to know what the weather is going ot be like for observing :)

[hogger_jeff]

Weather on the today screen? Great idea! Hit a hotspot when I land at an airport and get an idea of what to expect outside! Those pilots have been known to be wrong, you know....

[spielerin]

I think this is a really cool program since I work outside every day and need to know the weather to be prepared. I would love to have a program like this.
Thanks,
Robin

[Beltway]

I'm certain many could benefit from a program such as this. Being aware of the weather forecast with a "slick" application such as this has the potential to save trouble and time on several fronts. It could even be a money-saver if the forecast calls for rain and the umbrella you bring saves your good clothes from being soaked and needing dry-cleaning!

Thanks for the opportunity!

[sjosjo]

I need daily weather forecast, because if it's raining I have to drive more safely to my work.